I think you will do just fine, Alastair. It is a pretty good system. Doing beta testing for both Microsoft and R:Base is helpful, fun and sometimes painful. It's nice that Razzak and his team correct problems when they are presented not necessarily months later.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:54 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity Interesting, As I just said to Mike, I keep all my data on a different drive but I let Windows/Vista put programs in C:\Program Files\... I've had no problems with R:Base on Vista either - other than this oddity of my own making - v7.5/6 have both been fine. Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:05 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity > Mike and Alastair, I have SP1 installed and doing fine. No trouble with > R:Base at all. By the way SP1 for XP cleared up well over a thousand > bugs. > It must be getting better these days -- right? Alastair I've gotten to > the > point that I never install programs on drive C. I leave that just for > Windows and have been pleased by the fact that it's worked probably > because > I haven't gotten a hit to the drive the programs are on. Fact is I put > R:Base on its drive and then create, as you no doubt do, a separate folder > for all the database issues. By the way I have installed 6 versions now > of > SP1 and have had no problems at all with R:Base throughout it all. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MikeB > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:07 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity > > Over "550 bug fixes and issues fixed" in the Vista SP1 due out soon... > I don't know if that makes you feel any better or not, but I try, even if > it > is > in small ways ;-) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:27 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity > > >> Many thanks, Razzak, >> >> Not much of a mess but I renamed an account in order to keep all the > settings >> that I had already and then created a new account with the (then unused) >> original user name. >> >> What that did was to have all the default user folders pointing in the > wrong >> places! >> >> So I created two new user accounts from scratch and then deleted the >> older > >> ones - after setting my desktop up as I wanted it again. What that seemed > to >> leave was some pointers to the old accounts in various directory > permissions >> and owners. >> >> Almost everything works fine but I just suspect that the owner of > C:\RBTI\... >> is not what Vista expects which might mean that read/write permissions >> are > >> not correct. I'm hoping that re-installing from the new administrator > account >> will put any anomalies right again. >> >> It's clearly not an R:Base problem as everything was fine before. My >> databases accept and return data with no problem - it's just little > oddities >> that I suspect are written to C:\RBTI... or maybe C:\Windows\... that > appear >> to hiccup. >> >> Regards, >> Alastair. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:48 PM >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity >> >> >>> At 01:38 PM 2/12/2008, Alastair Burr wrote: >>> >>>>I decided to try re-installing R:Base anyhow so that I got the "proper" >>>>defaults >>>>for Vista but I get an message saying that I must uninstall R:Base >>>>first. >>>>Am I right in thinking that using the Vista uninstall is the right way >>>>to > do >>>>this? >>> >>> Alastair, >>> >>> Before re-installing R:BASE 7.6 for Windows, using the full installer, >>> you must un-install the previously registered version of R:BASE 7.6 for >>> Windows. >>> >>> Use "Uninstall or change a program" option of the Vista Control Panel. >>> >>> Following the correct procedure, if you still encounter the same >>> message, >>> you may remove the following product key from the registry in order to >>> re-install R:BASE 7.6 for Windows. >>> >>> Here's how: >>> >>> Start | Run | REGEDIT | Main Menu | Edit | Find ... >>> >>> {1F5DE9EC-C06A-4657-B580-BFF743BBEE84} >>> >>> You'll find these product keys in "two" places. Once found, carefully >>> delete them. >>> >>> >>>>Can I presume the same activation keys should still be used for the new >>>>install? >>> >>> Yes, as long as you have not changed the Hardware and OS. >>> >>> >>>>Am I right in thinking that I need only install the original full >>>>installation >>>>and the latest update (RBG76_Update2_01022008) or is there a newer one? >>> >>> >>> Correct! >>> >>> The upcoming Update 3 of R:BASE 7.6 for Windows (Build 7.6.3.30214), >>> currently under Private and R:Developers Beta, is scheduled to be >>> released on February 14, 2008 (7:56AM EST). >>> >>> >>>>Is the default directory better as C:\RBTI\... or should I put RBTI\... > in >>>>Program Files these days? >>> >>> >>> FWIW, C:\RBTI\RBG76 is the recommended folder. You may install the >>> version anywhere on your PC, if you wish. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> >>> Very Best R:egards, >>> >>> Razzak. >>> >>> P.S. >>> Just curious ... what did you do on your Vista to result in such a mess? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: >>> 269.20.2/1272 - Release Date: 11/02/2008 17:28 >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.2/1272 - Release Date: > 11/02/2008 17:28 > >
